Commentaries by Joshua Block

Colleges Should Not Fund Student Groups that Discriminate

Colleges Should Not Fund Student Groups that Discriminate

June 25, 2014 01:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Joshua Block of the American Civil Liberties Union discusses whether colleges and universities should be forced to officially recognize and fund student groups who discriminate... Should colleges and universities be forced to officially recognize—and provide funding to—religious...

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